Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Education

1851 Census of Great Britain, Education. England and Wales. Report and Tables, Table 2 : " Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance".

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DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars belonging to the Schools
DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]
DAY SCHOOLS	1,480	67,127	36,459	30,668
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	431	43,664	24,391	19,273
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	1,049	23,463	12,068	11,395
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	34	2,678	1,613	1,065
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	68	4,598	2,983	1,615
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	315	34,580	18,709	15,871
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	14	1,808	1,086	722
CLASS I: Military Schools	7	655	521	134
CLASS I: Naval Schools	2	103	103	0
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	25	1,920	989	931
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	11	528	528	0
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	57	4,070	2,455	1,615
CLASS III: Church of England	280	29,915	16,072	13,843
CLASS III: Independents	4	475	251	224
CLASS III: Baptists	5	461	272	189
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	6	511	315	196
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	2	435	260	175
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	3	59	37	22
CLASS III: Undenominational	15	2,724	1,502	1,222
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	4	729	539	190
CLASS IV: Agricultural Schools	1	18	18	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	9	1,061	529	532
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	571	48,794	23,827	24,967
Church of England	283	22,876	11,452	11,424
Independents	64	7,617	3,524	4,093
Baptists	53	4,734	2,292	2,442
Unitarians	2	153	69	84
Wesleyan Methodists	152	11,714	5,667	6,047
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	5	809	353	456
Undefined Protestant Congregations	12	891	470	421

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